By the decision of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Formation and Update of the "White List" of Scientific Journals dated September 9, 2025, the 'Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies' was included in the Unified State List of Scientific Publications (USLSP) and assigned the third level (3).
Read more about RSHS is included in the USLSP - "White List"The scientific journal Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies (previous title – Modern Studies of Social Issues = Sovremennye Issledovaniya Sotsialnykh Problem (until September 2025)) is an interdisciplinary platform for publishing research results in the field of social and humanitarian knowledge. The publication focuses on the integration of historical, cultural, philosophical, and linguistic research, contributing to the formation of a holistic view of the development of human society.
The journal has been published since 2009. It is indexed in Russian Index of Science Citation (RISC), DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), OpenAlex, Cyberleninka, Google Scholar, etc. Articles are assigned DOIs through Crossref.
The journal is included in the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) List under the following specialties:
History Studies
National history
Ethnology, anthropology and ethnography
Historiography, source studies, methods of historical research
Philosophical Studies
Social and political philosophy
Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies
Language Studies
Russian literature and literature of the peoples of the Russian Federation
Literature of the peoples of the world
Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia
Languages of peoples of foreign countries
Theoretical, Applied and Comparative Linguistics
ISSN 3033-5981
Publisher and Founder: Science and Innovation Center Publishing House
Frequency: 4 times per year
Scope: Historical, Philosophical, and Linguistic Studies within the System of Social and Humanitarian Sciences
This is an Open Access journal, which distributes its content under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies
ISSN 3033-5981 (Online)
Published by Science and Innovation Center Publishing House
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